A correspondent, himself a lawyer, suggests an additional check on
such carelessness of responsible parties as leads to railway accidents- " The remedy which I would take the liberty of suggesting to the Home Secre- tary is this, and it appears to me a very simple one. A short act should be passed authorizing the Board of Trade to prosecute every railway company before a jury for a pecuniary penalty, in every case where an accident has taken place, or where it appears to the Board of Trade that carelessness or neglect exists on the part at directors even although no accident has taken place; and that the jury should be entitled to give a verdict for any sum which they think right and necessary, to punish the company for its misconduct, and to prevent by a wholesome fear of pecuniary loss the recurrence of like accidents."
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